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A CPX, Microsoft and IDC study finds that more than half of surveyed UAE enterprises have AI agents deployed or in development, but only 10% feel fully prepared to deploy them safely.
The Ministerial Council for Artificial Intelligence reviewed plans to connect federal entities, train employees and phase AI agents into government work.
The university’s genomics work explores how AI can connect population-scale genetic data with clinical, lifestyle and wearable information.
The UAE partnership will explore AI evaluation, simulation and governance for critical infrastructure, healthcare, water and transport.
The Google Cloud Summit Doha highlighted local infrastructure, a new innovation lab and a national programme targeting more than 50,000 learning opportunities by 2030.
Five Ajman government entities joined a unified pavilion to present public-sector technology projects at AI Everything Abu Dhabi 2026.
A new regional analysis maps how Gulf countries are combining global foundation models with Arabic-language adaptation, local infrastructure and national capability building.
The new lab gives organisations a controlled environment to test and move AI workloads into on-premises and hybrid production systems.
The Abu Dhabi institute’s upcoming symposium will examine how AI moves from prediction and engineering design into dependable operational systems.
The programme will connect 33 government entities and more than 300 potential use cases with certified AI technology companies.
The Kingdom’s participation in a 33-institution summit highlights the importance of trusted research as Saudi AI investment expands.
A new UAE delegation update points to cooperation across advanced AI, trusted infrastructure, quantum technologies and post-quantum cryptography.
The Abu Dhabi research institute will bring scientists and engineers together in October to examine prediction, design and deployment of AI systems.
The Dubai Future Foundation says 33 government entities will assess more than 300 public-facing use cases for agentic AI deployment.
KACST represented the Kingdom at a Kyoto summit where 33 research institutions discussed AI’s effect on science and knowledge production.
Meetings in Washington covered advanced artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, space and post-quantum cryptography.
The Creative Summit brings media, advertising, technology and film professionals together to examine AI while keeping human creativity central.
A high-level UAE delegation held Washington engagements covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, space and quantum cooperation.
The UAE-based company says its product is live with initial customers and that it plans to open an Abu Dhabi office.
NVIDIA says fine-tuning Nemotron 3.5 ASR with Najdi and Hijazi speech data reduced word-error rate on its target test split.
The enterprise software company has opened a Dubai office and says 90% of surveyed UAE employees use AI at least weekly.
Qatar’s communications minister discussed national AI priorities and potential partnerships with Finnish technology companies during a Doha meeting.
A live Abu Dhabi demonstration connects legal guidance, judicial processes, decision support and institutional leadership in one AI-enabled journey.
The one-day event is showcasing cloud and AI use cases for Gulf enterprises, from agentic systems and serverless computing to production operations.
The AI transformation company has opened a Masdar City office focused on workforce capability, process redesign and applied AI implementation across the UAE and wider Gulf.
The Economic Times Annual Tech Summit – Middle East is focusing on data, governance, cybersecurity and the organisational work required to move beyond AI pilots.
The Abu Dhabi sovereign investor and AI cloud company will establish a local presence and assess opportunities around compute, open models and regional AI deployment.
The Doha event is examining autonomous systems, financial services, regulation, employment and the infrastructure required for an AI-led economy.
ForsaTEK 2026 highlighted the airline group’s AI Gateway, agentic software-engineering framework and next phase of its OpenAI collaboration.
New Microsoft data places the UAE well above the global average for generative AI use, with adoption extending across government, education and workplaces.
Abu Dhabi ranked 11th globally and first in the Middle East, while Dubai ranked 14th in the inaugural AI Cities Index.
The framework initially covers the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, with investments in cloud, AI infrastructure, connectivity, cybersecurity and AI for Good.
A virtual meeting examined how artificial intelligence, spatial modelling and immersive technologies could help museums present historical narratives in new ways.
The inaugural AlEqtisadiah forum will bring business leaders and technology experts together on 5 October to examine how AI is changing economies and business models.
At the Google Cloud Summit Doha, Qatari officials and technology leaders described a shift from AI experimentation toward governed autonomous systems and national workforce preparation.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and SDAIA launch the national Year of AI alongside the world's largest sovereign government computing hub in Riyadh.
The UAE's largest financial institution partners with G42's Presight and Microsoft to transition from conversational copilots into autonomous transactional workflows.
The national energy titan integrates 7 Terabytes of subsurface data into a proprietary foundation model driving reservoir simulation and predictive maintenance.
The venture accelerates commercial autonomous agent deployments for supply chain, healthcare, and sovereign compliance across the Arabian Gulf.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology leverages Shaheen III supercomputer to develop foundation models for genomics, catalysis, and solar engineering.
The floating industrial city deploys automated cranes, driverless electric terminal trucks, and predictive container scheduling to create a friction-free trade corridor.
SAMA establishes new compliance guidelines allowing fintechs to test algorithmic credit scoring and automated Islamic financing contracts.
The sovereign model powers automated legislative drafting, citizen query routing, and internal administrative search across state agencies.
Chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, the fund cements cornerstone partnerships in leading semiconductor fabrication, frontier labs, and hyperscale data centers.
The new regulatory body standardizes public sector algorithmic procurement, data sovereignty classifications, and national safety evaluations.
The new computing facility provides regional machine learning ventures with subsidized GPU compute, technical sandboxes, and enterprise pilot matching.
Under directives from Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the emirate mandates measurable service automation, predictive maintenance, and paperless administrative workflows.
The national carrier integrates real-time crew scheduling, predictive maintenance, and conversational multilingual passenger concierges.
Qatar's primary public healthcare provider operationalizes computer vision algorithms to accelerate stroke detection, mammography, and thoracic screening.
The national port management authority integrates cognitive container tracking, automated yard cranes, and predictive berth scheduling.
The Kingdom's premier commercial lender reduces loan approval turnaround times from weeks to minutes using auditable predictive risk models.
The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications evaluates underwater cooling pods to overcome terrestrial land and thermal constraints.
The Labour Fund covers up to 50 percent of software licensing, cloud compute, and technical integration costs for domestic businesses.
Computer vision algorithms pre-screen thoracic radiographs for tuberculosis, pneumonia, and pulmonary nodules, reducing diagnostic backlog.
The Kingdom's aviation gateway integrates facial recognition and predictive baggage handling to enable contactless, seamless passenger transit.
The sovereign cloud infrastructure allows state ministries and energy conglomerates to execute large model inference within national borders.
The regulatory circular mandates algorithmic transparency, risk-based procurement tiers, and independent cybersecurity audits for government AI systems.
The country's flagship financial institution blocks emerging synthetic identity theft and unauthorized digital transfers in under fifty milliseconds.
Shuwaikh and Shuaiba ports integrate machine learning dispatching, automated customs clearance, and predictive truck appointment scheduling.
The transshipment gateway links predictive berth allocation with automated container moves to accelerate vessel turnaround times.
Oman's national logistics group integrates freight rail, maritime shipping, and dry-port operations into an automated multi-modal corridor.
The national committee mandates measurable digitisation milestones across commerce, labor, and municipal public service delivery.
TRA establishes dedicated regulatory testing sandboxes across Sohar, Duqm, and Salalah to enable autonomous factory robotics.
The national electricity group utilizes machine learning weather forecasting to stabilize voltage fluctuations from utility-scale solar farms.
The planned one-gigawatt cluster links sovereign compute, international partnerships and a 200-megawatt first phase expected to come online in 2026.
The five-year collaboration carries an investment ambition of up to $10 billion, with delivery and utilisation now the measures that matter.
A government partnership with Microsoft combines local data processing and new GPU capacity with a push to build AI-enabled public services.
Qatar's second-generation platform combines language, speech, image and safety systems while publishing evidence about the constraints of Arabic model building.
The framework joins legal compliance, adoption, public awareness and cooperation with a GCC ethics manual for government AI use.
The centre's first disclosed work includes agentic scheduling for drilling rigs, bringing AI experimentation closer to production planning.
The assessment examines Kuwait’s AI ecosystem, government adoption, regulation, ethics, capabilities and gaps to inform future priorities.
The programme will train government and private-sector participants in generative AI, agentic systems, data strategy and AI governance.
The partnership targets financial crime prevention, knowledge intelligence, and governance, risk and compliance for financial and public-sector organisations.
The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology is using boot camps, workshops and mentoring to build practical AI capabilities.
The partnership will combine Saudi infrastructure with Cohere’s enterprise model expertise and explore sovereign Arabic-language AI systems.
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund joined SambaNova’s Series F round as demand grows for enterprise AI computing and inference systems.
The joint statement establishes a bilateral framework for cooperation around AI opportunities, capabilities, and national technology priorities.
The six-month extension gives the parties more time to complete regulatory, operational and commercial requirements for the proposed joint venture.
The Qatar Investment Authority participated in HyperLight’s Series C financing, adding another photonics investment to Qatar’s AI infrastructure strategy.
The new federal body brings together AI, public-data and digital-government capabilities under one mandate reporting directly to the Cabinet.
The AI concierge will be piloted across 15 smart kiosks at Msheireb Downtown Doha, supporting wayfinding, bookings, payments and visitor services.
A new federal framework aims to convert 50 percent of UAE government sectors, services and operations to agentic AI models within two years.
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund participated in Ayar Labs’ $500 million Series E round for optical interconnect technology designed for AI scale-up.
SDAIA’s membership brings Saudi Arabia into a multilateral forum focused on responsible AI, international cooperation and shared policy practice.
The programme connected Bahraini university students with AWS, government mentors and applied AI prototype development.
The Saudi energy company and Microsoft will explore AI-driven industrial solutions built on Azure and integrated into core operations.
The non-binding framework could support up to 250MW of AI data-centre capacity and a future investment platform for Saudi infrastructure.
The non-binding framework covers up to 250 megawatts of hyperscale AI data-center capacity in Saudi Arabia and an investment platform for further expansion.
The strategic partnership gives Qatar access to global funds and co-investment opportunities in sectors including artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure.
The UAE announced an AI-enabled trade platform with Presight as part of its wider programme to embed intelligent services into economic operations.
The January agreement places Qatar inside a US-led cooperation track focused on advanced technology, supply-chain security and resilient digital infrastructure.